Blog – Your Daily Dose of Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשים-את-הראש-1.m4a” /]לָשִׂים אֶת הָרֹאשׁ While שנ”צ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשים-את-הראש-2.m4a” /] (abbreviation of שנת צהריים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשים-את-הראש-3.m4a” /] –  sleep of noon) means an afternoon nap, the more common Hebrew expression for to take a nap is לשים את הראש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לשים-את-הראש-1.m4a” /] – literally, to put the head (down). Our Tel Aviv office has a couch. I was there one…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-1.m4a” /]שָׂעִיר While שיער[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-2.m4a” /] refers to hair in general, שערות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-3.m4a” /] refers to individual hairs. Nevertheless, שערות can also refer to simply hair. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-4.m4a” /]אל תשכח לחפוף שערות. Don’t forget to wash your (the) hair. (spoken to a male) Hairy is שעיר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/שעיר-1.m4a” /] when referring to a male…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-1.m4a” /]בָּאָפְנָה The Hebrew word for fashion is אופנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-2.m4a” /]. Thus in fashion or in style is באופנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-3.m4a” /]תספורת קרחת כרגע באופנה. A bald haircut is in style at the moment. אופנה derives from the use of the root א.פ.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-4.m4a” /] meaning way or manner: אופן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/באופנה-5.m4a” /]. The root also…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-1.m4a” /]תִּסְפּוֹרֶת While the Hebrew word for barber is ספר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-2.m4a” /], the word for haircut is תספורת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-1.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-3.m4a” /]הוא מחפש מקום טוב לעשות תספורת. He’s looking for a good place to get (do) a haircut. This root, ס.פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/תספורת-4.m4a” /], is identical to that of the word book in appearance, but not…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לחפש-1.m4a” /]לְחַפֵּשׂ, לְבַקֵּשׁ, לְפַשְׁפֵּשׁ

מַשְׁמָעוּת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/משמעות-1.m4a”] Today’s intellectual pursuits almost always involve the visual capacity: to learn means to read, or to watch a video. But in antiquity, before everyone had access or knew how to read a printed text, much less watch a clip on YouTube, information arrived in the brain via the sense of hearing. Perhaps that’s…

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-1.m4a” /]קְצַת, מְעַט In the first lesson of our Level 1 Hebrew course, we teach the common word for a little or a bit – קצת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-2.m4a” /]. From that lesson: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-3.m4a” /]אני מדברת קצת עברית. I (a female) speak a little Hebrew. Another way of saying a little is מעט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/מעט-4.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip…

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-1.m4a” /]כֶּסֶף כִּיס One of the first words you’d learn in any basic Hebrew course is כסף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-2.m4a” /] – money. Another word that’s useful but far less ubiquitous is כיס[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-3.m4a” /] – pocket. For example, a security guard at the airport might instruct you (a male): [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/כסף-כיס-4.m4a” /]תרוקן את הכיסים. Empty your (the) pockets….

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-1.m4a” /]לְרוֹקֵן If you’ve got basic Hebrew down, you may know the Hebrew word for empty – ריק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-2.m4a” /] for masculine objects and ריקה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-3.m4a” /] for feminine ones. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/לרוקן-4.m4a” /]למה הכוס שלך ריקה? Why is your (a male’s) glass empty? Modern Hebrew takes this Biblical word and plugs it into…